Nov/Dec 2020 Lite Challenge: Bits n Bobs

[Straf]

I grabbed a parchment from https://pixabay.com/photos/paper-old...hment-1074131/ just to see how it looks.

Windrose washed out parchement.jpg

[Straf]

This time I used 80% opacity and added a bit of a blur.
example 2.jpg

[Straf]

And here's one that hasn't faded over time:

Windrose.png

[ChickPea]

Nice! It looks good against the parchment. I like the colours of the faded version.

[Straf]

Thanks ChickPea. It's been an interesting exercise. I did the geometry stuff in Inkscape then I separated it out into 5 different masks. These were then applied to different colour/texture combos in GIMP and stacked up B-G-R-B-R-G. There are a few small 'gaps' in the fills that I decided to leave because I think they give it more of a hand painted impression. I may add to this with some other things. I'm posting the masks in here if someone wants to build their own up.

Gold.png
Gold Mask 2.png
Red Mask.png
Blue mask 1.png
Blue mask 2.png

[Kier]

Love the faded one.

[Bogie]

I agree with ChickPea & Kier, the faded one looks great on the parchment.

[Straf]

I've decided to add a cartouche to the collection, plus the various elements will be available.

I used Inkscape to trace over a picture of a cherub I found online. The rest of the things I did by hand using Inkscape. I'm really getting to know the tools and how they work. This needs tidying up a bit but this should illustrate where I'm going with it.
Cartouch lineart.png

[- JO -]

Nice gold effect on the compass on parchment !

[Straf]

Thanks Joel.

I've added a ribbon banner to the cartouche. I'll give it some colour in GIMP. Then I'll try to put these things together on the same page, as a demo of sorts.
Cartouch lineart.png